Capacity building for women NGOs in India

Summary

This project provides 3 NGOs run by Indian Buddhist women from ex-untouchable background with capacity building to improve their project management, professional and administration skills.

What is the issue, problem, or challenge?

Direct beneficiaries are the project managers and staff members of three women NGOs in Maharashtra; some 135 women with mostly limited formal education. Indirect beneficiaries are all children and women participating in the social, health and educational projects run by the NGOs in the slums. With improved capabilities in project management and professional skills the NGOs will run the projects more efficiently and improve their help.

How will this project solve this problem?

A detailed training needs assessment is the first step. Workshops in team development and communication skills follow. All staff will be trained according to their jobs in professional and administrative skill development and project management.

Potential Long Term Impact

Direct beneficiaries are the project managers and staff members of three women NGOs in Maharashtra; some 135 women. Indirectly, all children, women, and families participating in social, health and educational projects run by the NGOs will benefit.

Project Message

Because of poverty and very challenging past conditioning many women face personal and social difficulties - lack of confidence, low self-esteem. We work with them to change all that!
- Dhammacharini Karunadipa, Chairwoman of Jeevak, women's NGO, Pune, benefiary

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).

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